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Contemporary Art
- uses different techniques to integrate social
issues which uses imagination & uniqueness
- art made and produced by an artist living today
- has world view and is sensitive to the changing
times
- reflective of the world that we live in
Elements of Contemporary Arts  Technology
 Appropriation - used technology in the creation &
- existing artworks are appropriated to dissemination of works of art
form another artwork - way of propagating art (mapalaganap)

Contemporary Visual Arts

 Performance
- emphasize, spontaneous, unpredictable
elements of chance
- performers interpret various human
activities like chores, routines & rituals
to socially relevant themes
Painting
- two-dimensional (height and width)
- applying color in a flat surface
- using wide variety of material (watercolor,
acrylic, ink, oil pastel, and charcoal)
Forms of Painting
 Easel Painting
- most common form
- involves color to a board/ canvas that is
fixed on an upright support called an
easel

 Space
- how art transforms a space (flash
mob/sculpture installation in malls &  Murals
parks) - huge wall sized painting
- portray public message

 Hybridity
- mixing of unlikely materials to produce
an artwork (using of coffee, blood)

 Telon Painting
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- backdrop/ background for a stage  Free Standing
- can independently stand
- has a flat horizontal place

 Jeepney and Calesa Painting

 Relief
- does not have a flat horizontal base
- form is projected from a flat surface

 Collage
- combining images in a single artwork

 Assemblage
- putting together materials (different
materials)

Themes of Painting
 Genre
- portray people in daily activities
 Historical
- depicts scenes from the past which has
national values  Kinetic Sculpture
 Infection - a sculpture in motion
- painting of a space inside of a part of
the house
 Landscapes
- portrays natural scenery or urban scene
 Portraits
- physical characteristics of the subject
 Nude  Welded Sculpture
 Religious - connecting sheets of metal together
 Still Life
- natural/ man-made objects that form a
composition in a natural setting
Sculpture
- three dimensional (height, width, and depth)
- carving, modeling, or assembling parts together

General Kind of Sculpture  Use of Glass

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 Symbolic Sculpture
Architecture
- one of the most functional branches of visual
art
- “art to inhabit”
- post modernism & high-tech architecture to
highly conceptual & expressive styles,
resembling sculpture on an enormous scale
Forms of Contemporary Art
 Domestic Buildings and Houses
o Apartments
- building composed of many
residences called units
o Bahay na Bato
- built during the 19th & 20th
century (residence of wealthy
family)
o Bungalow
- one story house with wide front
porch & the window
 Ethnic Houses
o Bahay Kubo
- ethnic Christian peasant
families living in the lowland
areas
o House Boat
- boat that also serves as a
dwelling
 Commercial Building
o Market, Malls, Galleria
o Building that House Banks, Business
Office & Factories
 Government Buildings
- R E V I E W E R
o Capitol
- provincial government
(columns & pediments)
o Town Hall
- municipal government
 Public Buildings and Structures
o School
o Kamalig – storing grain
o Masjid
o Cemetery
o Church
o Movie house
o Theatre
o Fort – natural barriers
o Lighthouse – guide for boats
o Bridge
Contemporary Performing Arts
Dance
- involves rhythmic body movement within a
given space, choreographed based on a musical
beat
 Contemporary Dance
- expression of idea/ emotion, releasing
energy/ simply taking delight in music &
dance movement itself
3 Big Names
 Alice Reyes
- National Artist for Dance 2014
- ballet
 Lisa Teresita Pacheco Macuja-Elizalde
- founder of Ballet Manila (20th year)
- in 1984, she was recognized in Europe
& become a Prima Ballerina of Kirov
Ballet in Leningrad
 Douglas Nierras
- most prominent in Jazz.
- involved in dance through pedagogy,
choreography, and production; famous
for his Metanoia
Forms and Types of Dances in the Philippines
 Folk Dance
- performed together by ordinary people
- historical
 Modern Dance
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- emerged during the 20 century Forms and Types of Music in the Philippines
 Ballet Dance  Ethnic Traditional
- theatrical dance presentation  Ballad
Aspects of Dance Appreciation  Chant
 Knowledge of Choreography  Song Debate
- memory and execution of moves  Liturgical Music
 Technical Skills  Classical
- pointing toes, back straight,  Popular Music
- sharp movements Theater
 Performing Skills o involves performing carefully planned actions
- facial expression and projection of eye and emotions in front of an audience
 Rhythm/Tempo  Contemporary Theater
- staying on count - presented with specific social objectives
- beat of the music in mind
Music Elements of Theater
 Contemporary Music  Performers
- compositions that have adopted ideas  Audience
and elements as well as the latest  Director
trends and musical styles in the  Performance space
entertainment industry  Space design
Elements of Music  Script
 Rhythm Forms and Types of Philippine Theater
- duration of sound  Dulang Pahiyang
- interaction of TEMPO (speed) and BEAT - part of daily life
 Melody o Rituals
- organized sequence of pitches - way to communicate with gods
- 1 + 1 PITCH or spirits
 Harmony o Duplo
- combination of two or more pitches - poetic debate
 Timbre  Dulambayan
- tone color or tone quality - people’s theater
 Form - basis are social context
- structure of music o Drama Simboliko
 Dynamics - allegorical nationalistic drama
- volume of sound o Street Theater
 Texture  Teatrong Pansimbahan
- overall quality of sound - Via Crucis, Siete Palabras, Sinakulo
Forms and Types of Music Prominent Theater Groups in the Philippines
- Classical - theater  Gantimpala Theater Foundation
- Popular music - leading dramatic arts companies
- Rock – electric guitar (Florante at Laura, Ibong Adarna)
- Reggae – bob marley  Philippine Educational Theater Foundation
- Country – parang cowboy
- organization of teachers
- Hiphop – pa rap
 Dulaang UP
- Jazz – aerophones
Film
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- sequence of moving pictures, which is typically  Period – historical but fictional
shown in television or cinema Literature
- 1950 – film making industry (Bomba Films) - whole bulk of written works
- 1970 – remarkable era for film making industry - highest achievement of particular culture
(Marcos Regime) - evoking of social consciousness
Elements of Film - MARTIAL LAW – confrontational (1994 EDSA
 Time revolution)
- most significant element Types and Elements of Literature
o Physical Time  Poetry
- time for an action to take place - expressing a feeling or an idea
o Psychological Time o Meaning
- how viewers feel when o Figurative Language
watching o Imagery
o Dramatic Time o Sound and Rhythm
- timeline of events  Prose
 Space - informative or persuasive
- when projected on screen it has 2D o Folk Narrative
o Scale - legend and myth
- size of the objects in the screen  Short Story
o Shooting Angle  Komiks
- location or angle from where
the cam records
o Lighting
- relationship of light and dark
 Sound
Techniques of Cinema
 Editing or Cutting
 Camera Movements
 Framing
Types of Films
 Action – crime, western
 Adventure
 Animation
 Comedy
 Documentary
 Drama
 Historical
 Period
 Musical
 Horror
 Romance
 Science fiction – fantasy
 Sports
 Thriller
 Bomba